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Ezekiel 42

Ezek. 42:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He measured
madad (Hebrew #4058)
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
KJV usage: measure, mete, stretch self.
Pronounce: maw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root: properly, to stretch
it by the four
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
b sides
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
: it had a wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
c round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
, five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
reedsd long
'orek (Hebrew #753)
length
KJV usage: + forever, length, long.
Pronounce: o'rek'
Origin: from 748
, and five
chamesh (Hebrew #2568)
a primitive numeral; five
KJV usage: fif(-teen), fifth, five (X apiece).
Pronounce: khaw-maysh'
Origin: masculine chamishshah {kham-ish-shaw}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
broad
rochab (Hebrew #7341)
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
Pronounce: ro'-khab
Origin: from 7337
, to make a separation
badal (Hebrew #914)
to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)
KJV usage: (make, put) difference, divide (asunder), (make) separate (self, -ation), sever (out), X utterly.
Pronounce: baw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
e between the sanctuary
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
and the profane place
chol (Hebrew #2455)
properly, exposed; hence, profane
KJV usage: common, profane (place), unholy.
Pronounce: khole
Origin: from 2490
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Rev. 21:16• 16And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed--twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal. (Rev. 21:16)
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Ezek. 40:5• 5And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. (Ezek. 40:5)
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Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Mic. 7:11• 11In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede. (Mic. 7:11)
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Ezek. 45:2• 2Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred reeds by five hundred, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. (Ezek. 45:2)
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Luke 16:26• 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us. (Luke 16:26)

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Cross References

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it had.
Ezek. 40:5• 5And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits, each of one cubit and a hand breadth. And he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. (Ezek. 40:5)
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Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Isa. 25:1• 1Jehovah, thou art my God: I will exalt thee; I will celebrate thy name, for thou hast done wonderful things; counsels of old which are faithfulness and truth. (Isa. 25:1)
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Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Mic. 7:11• 11In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede. (Mic. 7:11)
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Zech. 2:5• 5and I, saith Jehovah, I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. (Zech. 2:5)
five hundred.
Ezek. 45:2• 2Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred reeds by five hundred, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. (Ezek. 45:2)
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Ezek. 48:20• 20The whole heave-offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand; ye shall offer the holy heave-offering foursquare with the possession of the city. (Ezek. 48:20)
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Rev. 21:12‑17• 12having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
 13On the east three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.
 16And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed--twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal.
 17And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, a man's measure, that is, the angel's. (Rev. 21:12‑17)
a separation.
Ezek. 22:26• 26her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (Ezek. 22:26)
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Ezek. 44:23• 23And they shall teach my people the difference between holy and profane, and cause them to discern between unclean and clean. (Ezek. 44:23)
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Ezek. 48:15• 15And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a common place for the city, for dwellings and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst of it. (Ezek. 48:15)
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Lev. 10:10• 10that ye may put difference between the holy and the unholy, and between unclean and clean, (Lev. 10:10)
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Luke 16:26• 26And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who desire to cross from there pass over unto us. (Luke 16:26)
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2 Cor. 6:17• 17Wherefore come out from the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and touch not what is unclean, and *I* will receive you; (2 Cor. 6:17)
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Rev. 21:10‑27• 10And he carried me away in the Spirit, and set me on a great and high mountain, and shewed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,
 11having the glory of God. Her shining was like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;
 12having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
 13On the east three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.
 16And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed--twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal.
 17And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, a man's measure, that is, the angel's.
 18And the building of its wall was jasper; and the city pure gold, like pure glass:
 19the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
 20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
 21And the twelve gates, twelve pearls; each one of the gates, respectively, was of one pearl; and the street of the city pure gold, as transparent glass.
 22And I saw no temple in it; for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
 24And the nations shall walk by its light; and the kings of the earth bring their glory to it.
 25And its gates shall not be shut at all by day, for night shall not be there.
 26And they shall bring the glory and the honour of the nations to it.
 27And nothing common, nor that maketh an abomination and a lie, shall at all enter into it; but those only who are written in the book of life of the Lamb. (Rev. 21:10‑27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, five hundred long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.